Example sentences of "[vb mod] to be " in BNC.

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1 But actually it does n't tell you anything about the quality of the care which they 're purchasing and the evidence that we are getting increasingly from the community health council is the experience of people of the health service is that actually the quality of the care is getting worse and this is not due to the staff in the health ee the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the e the more detailed plans coming to the next meeting of the for an operation er , four years , it should to be said er , she 's been waiting despite the government 's claim that all operations are done within two years er for very severe varicose veins and surprisingly enough she got them because of course most varicose have been removed her , the north-east Thames region erm , and er she turned up on the Wednesday and the operation had been postponed twice previously er , she was er gone through all the er , various tests which took her four hours cos she had to find all the places herself , there was nobody to show her to X-ray and various other places erm she was prepared for the op and then was sent home because there was n't a bed available !
2 Just as disturbingly , the draft guidance goes on to suggest that in order to allow future generations to have some reserves after 2011 , some of these potentially very damaging permissions should to be held in reserve to satisfy the principle of sustainable development !
3 Just as disturbingly , the draft guidance goes on to suggest that in order to allow future generations to have some reserves after 2011 , some of these potentially very damaging permissions should to be held in reserve to satisfy the principle of sustainable development !
4 P P G three , the revised P P G three when it came out clearly , in my opinion changes the emphasis from the draft P P G three from the draft P P G three , paragraphs thirty two and thirty three which I would emphasize should to be read together , clearly indicates that new settlements are as someone said this morning , sorry , earlier in the discussion today , an issue of last resort .
5 Firstly , the primary objective for us as a trade union must to be ensure G M B activists , shop stewards and officials all have access to training and computer literacy .
6 Add to this the duties and taxes on Guinness Group products sold in Ireland each year ( currently running at around IR£400 million ) and you get some idea of what the grand total must to be .
7 Try as I might to be in the present , to subsume myself to history , to see myself as just another corpuscle coursing along the urban arteries , I could n't .
8 Roche speaking at the launch of next year 's Leeds Classic , said : ‘ I did everything I could to be good again , but I had problems .
9 The Poor Law had been most effective in forcing all those who could to be self-helping .
10 I am used to being ignored and slighted , but mark this well !
11 The classical pneumocystis pneumonia used to be the final event in the disease process in almost half ( 46% ) of those with AIDS in 1986 .
12 In 1986 , the classical pneumocystis pneumonia used to be the final event in the disease process in almost half ( 46% ) of AIDS related deaths .
13 Barr , in what used to be a general policy for museum curators , was not writing a passionate defence of the work his museum exhibited .
14 This used to be a lot easier to do than it is now : for one thing , working in the profession means that you have to belong to the actors ' union , Equity .
15 Chefs in any doubt as to the influence of the grand dames of the ovens should remember that the three- Michelin -star Georges Blanc in Vonnas used to be La Mère Blanc until the son took over from his maman .
16 It 's not like it used to be .
17 I used to be an art historian . ’
18 ‘ You used to be a teacher ? ’
19 ‘ Yeah , Steve said you used to be a university lecturer . ’
20 I used to be a professional cleaner — I do n't want to get her into any trouble , I … ’
21 ‘ I used to be an art historian , ’ I said .
22 You mean you used to be a museum curator or something ? ’
23 Students used to be told that it was dangerous to steepen the climb below 100 feet .
24 The same kind of accident used to be common with gliders , and the pilots could never remember anything after the first bounce .
25 Jay had no inclination to go through the who are you , what do you do , oh really , gosh my brother-in-law used to be in the same field .
26 It used to be the case that contestants who were struck lightly in the face could exaggerate injury in order to have the opponent 's score disallowed .
27 It used to be important because it made it more difficult to score with groin kicks , and it led to narrow stances with the leading foot turned inwards .
28 Interestingly , the pain this causes shows itself as what used to be called ‘ groin strain ’ .
29 Soft-centred milk chocolates that came as one bit them seemed almost as exciting as dancing with someone you knew you were about to sleep with used to be .
30 And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long .
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